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Other Than Fiction And Poetry I Tend To Read History.

My Poems Always Begin With A Metaphor, But My Way Into The Metaphor May Be A Word, An Image, Even A Sound. And I Rarely Know The Nature Of The Metaphor When I Begin To Write, But There Is An Attentiveness That A Writer Develops, A Sudden Alertness That Is Much Like The Feel Of A Fish Brushing Against A Hook.

Most Women Are More Into Real Estate Than Sex. They Want To Own You.

Love Doesn't Need A Reason. Hate Needs A Reason.

It Was As If Pain Were A Room He Had Entered And The Door Had Been Locked Behind Him.